Find out about the potential benefits of solar power at your school

Climate change is one of the most serious problems our children will face.

To protect our planet, we need to cut emissions much faster than most people realize.

Young people around the world are gathering to demand a sustainable future and a healthy planet.

We show them how they can help achieve it.

Our Solution

We bring funders, installers, partners, schools and students together to develop a solar project at no cost or risk to a school.

Then, as part of managing each system, we provide energy and carbon literacy education to help students understand the challenges and how they can accelerate the pace of change to a carbon neutral society.

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What makes us different in New Zealand

Inspire students

We empower students by providing energy literacy education funded by the solar panels we arrange.

Longterm partners

We will look after the system, provide education and support for 25 years, and we share profits with you.

More than solar power

We are not installers. We manage and de-risk the entire process of going solar for you.

Sustainable community

We involve only socially-minded funders to create a community of solar schools that fight climate change.

Having solar on the school with Solar for Schools has been a marvellous experience. We have embraced it and loved the whole school approach with the staff and children being involved. It is not just about saving money. It is much more than that and Solar for Schools delivers that. The process has been very organised, efficient, well-managed and the installation was great. The team on-site took into consideration the school, how we worked and respected our policies. Following the installation, we have had some wonderful visits that has brought us all together to celebrate having renewable energy and what that means to us and our children's futures.

Rachel Anstiss,

School Business Manager at Irby Primary School

Solar for Schools has been incredibly helpful. The information they have given us has been clear and they have accommodated our needs throughout. The installation was brilliant and the team was extremely considerate. I would happily recommend Solar for Schools to other schools considering having solar.

Alison Hine,

Former Head Teacher at The Dassett CofE Primary

Our total impact so far

generated 19,957 MWh of solar electricity, enough to drive an electric car around the world 24,899 times!

avoided 7,948 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to plant and look after over 8,761 trees for 40 years!

Nearly 76,092 students are fighting climate change with clean solar energy on their schools!